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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

According to the people of Tipperary the gap that can be seen on the top of this mountain is the result of the Devil taking a bite out of the mountain. He supposedly broke some teeth which then formed the Rock of Cashel.
Barnane Eile is the Gap of Ely, there was a powerfull Clan of O'Carroll, Princes of Ely a large territory that spanned 2 counties
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i live about 4 miles from the devils bit. the area is called barnane...the mountain used to be called bearna eile meaning the gap of eile...The ancient name for the area was Ely, and between 900 and 1000, Ely was divided between two old Celtic families- the O'Carrols and the O'Fogartys. Despite being a relatively low mountain, It is said that nine counties can be viewed from its summit - Tipperary itself, Clare, Cork, Galway, Kilkenny, Laois, Limerick, Offaly, and Waterford. There is doubt as to whether any part of County Cork is actually visible. you can clearly see the Knockmealdown and Comeragh Mountains in Waterford, along with the Galtees, and, to the north-west, Lough Derg and the River Shannon, which is pretty cool since its only about 500m high.

Of course legend is that the devil took a bite from the mountain and broke his teeth in the process letting the bit fall from his moth landing in cashel in south tipperary to form the rock of cashel which was the high seat of the kings of munster

What you may find as odd that Barnane, Barnane Eile and Devils Bit are the most hit words on my site. Every other week I look at the counter to see where people are looking at this from and it also says the words used in searches to land here.Can you guess from where I took this picture, seeing your from the area?

My mum is originally from Barnane.I have spent many a summer holiday there as a child. And every year we would always climb the Devil's bit..My mums house is somewhere between Knocka and Barnane itself, and I guess the picture is taken somewhere nearby my mums house..Mike Grimes. .

My wife and I mad the trip to the Devils Bit last September and plan another trip this Seprember. The earliest records of my family (Meagher) were to have lived at the foot of the Devils Bit, that is Why we go there. It is a nice hike and a grerat place for a lunch. We found little sign of the Meagher's accept for an old store in Templemore, does anyone know of the family?

Try this I found a lot of Meaghers in Templemore area, If you know what Parish they came from the Priest in the local church will have records of births deaths etc http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/Hope that helps

I am curious. I am reading a book about an Irish storyteller from the 1950's. He is telling a story of Saint Patrick though he is just Patrick now in the story. Patrick is traveling around telling the story of Jesus to bring Christianity to Ireland. He goes to a mountain cave to face the Devil and get him to flee the area because he is causing havic. He gets the devil to flee and chases after him. The devil in a hidious form takes a bite out of Davils Bit and after he gets tired drops the rock at Cashel and matches perfect to the bite out of Devils bit. Is the Irish folklore of just the storyteller in the book making part of it up?

My Family were the Cardens, they bought Barnane Castle at the foot of Devils Bit in 1701. We found out my wifes family the Meaghers share a little cemetery in the field. One half is Meaghers and the other half Cardens. We discoverd this on our honeymoon in 1995.

An Australian branch of the locals of Devils Bit country, the Mahers, live in Dardanup Western Australia. They're good friends of mine.They've been to visit several years ago, which tweaked my curiosity so I explore the area on Google maps ' trecking up the lanes..